The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Conquest, War, Pestilence and Death...famine, drought, mass starvation, fire and the beasts of the earth. This was part of the series of illustrations for Judas Priest's Nostradamus concept album.

Hi Mark, i love this piece, i have this on my desktop for a long time hehe.

Well i had this homework for the Composition class (im an art student at college), it was our final evaluation and i was uninspired and desperate.

i liked the idea about drawing apocalypse, and i wanted to include the 4 horsemen. Searched for other references online, but yours were the only ones i liked. of course mine are not as good as yours, and they are more simple, cuz im not THAT good yet in coloring or anatomy...

i dont know if i should upload it here, and tag you for credits of course. should i?

Hi Mark.. Great pic.. You are a master. I work in a tattoo shop and one of our customers wants to get your 4 horsemen on his back. Is this ok by you and if it is could we get a higher definition version so we could acurately portray your art.. thanks

I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come and see!" I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

— Revelation 6:1-2 NIV

Due to that verse most people originally thought the first horseman to be Conquest rather than Pestilence (which translates to infectious disease). Also, Famine was (in a way) kind of Pestilence as before Famine arrived when the third seal was broken, the world was already struck by plagues.

Yea the White Horsemen is Conquest he just gets mistranslated as pestilence cause he's described as a plague famine is the one with the scales. Also the White Horsemen is sometimes thought to be the Anti-Christ due to the crown and color white

It isn't "mistranslation", it's a matter of opinion. There's no concrete translation to Conquest/Pestilence/Plague(a more modern renaming of "Pestilence") in regard to which title he truly carries. Some argue it could be both, but as to Conquest's true name, it could be anything along the lines of Conquest, Plague, or Pestilence, since there isn't any universally accepted name for him. To reiterate, it's just a matter of opinion.

Wouldn't the lack of a concrete translation in fact be a "mistranslation"? The reason Conquest is the most accepted is because sickness should be covered by death. War is the mindset of animosity towards one another and famine would be economic strife to where a days wage equates to a loaf of bread( thats why he has the scales) and conquest would be to assert ones will over another. But like you said it's a matter of opinion

The horseman are drawing nearerOnthe leather steeds they rideThey have come to take your lifeOn through the dead of nightwith the four horseman rideor choose your fate and die!Who knowas where this passage is from?